Being present is all that matters in the end. A team of counsellors, nurses and doctors work for a palliative care organisation in New Delhi. Within 48 hours of receiving a call through their helpline, they reach out to offer medical attention and emotional assistance through regular home visits. However, since the doctors cannot provide the one thing that patients and their families are eagerly seeking – a cure – their job is not an easy one. Instead, they help the patients realise that dying is a natural process and a part of life.
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Festival Appearances
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2021
Encounters Film Festival, Johannesburg 2021
Indian Film Festival, Melbourne 2021
Movies that Matter, The Hague 2021 – Winner Grand Jury Documentary Award
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Farida Pacha
National Award winning documentary filmmaker, Farida Pacha was born in Mumbai in 1972. She studied filmmaking at Southern Illinois University. Her debut feature documentary, My Name is Salt (2013), screened at over 80 festivals and won 34 awards, including the main prizes at IDFA, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Madrid and Mumbai film festivals. Interested in exploring the human condition, Farida approaches reality in a poetic and exploratory way. She relies on a distinctive observational style to tell intimate stories that slowly unfold over time.
Sat, 5 Nov | 5:30 pm | Picture Time 2
